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082 0 4 _a958.104/7
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092 _a958.1047
_bMILLS
100 1 _aMills, Travis,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aTough As They Come
_cTravis Mills with Marcus Brotherton
250 _First paperback edition.
264 1 _aNew York
_bConvergent Books
_c2015
300 _axiv, 256 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
_bcolor illustrations ;
_c21 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
505 0 _Foreword by Gary Sinese -- 1: a 15-Minute Helicopter Ride from Kandahar -- 2: Born in a Small Town -- 3: Teen Feet Tall and Bulletproof -- 4: Gunner in a Humvee -- 5: Crazy Little Thing Called Love -- 6: Firefights with the Taliban -- 7: Rooftop Grenades -- 8: Heavy Firefights in BMG -- 9: Our First Home Together -- 10: My Last Deployment -- 11: April 10, 2012 -- 12: Pain -- 13: The Coma -- 14: The Floor in Front of Me -- 15: To Walk, To Race -- 16: Our New Home -- 17: Never Give Up, Never Quit. -- About the Travis Mills Foundation -- Acknowledgments.
520 _a"During his three combat-filled tours of duty in Afghanistan, former college sports star and skilled paratrooper U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills never once backed down from the hardest challenges that came his way. The big, likable guy literally woke up every morning proudly singing the 82nd Airborne song to encourage and motivate the men he led. But late one afternoon in April 2012 while Travis and his men were on a routine mission near a remote village in southern Afghanistan, the unthinkable happened. While patrolling for improvised explosive devices (IEDs), the minesweeper missed one IED, and Travis Millss world changed forever. In this vivid account of Traviss heroic fight for survival, he recalls the action-packed and challenging days of his earlier tours of duty with the legendary 82nd Airborne Division, the agony of encountering a hidden bomb while on patrol with his men, and his odds-defying physical and spiritual struggle afterward to come back from severe quadruple amputee injuries and rebuild his life. This searing and unforgettable true story will inspire, encourage, challenge, and motivate you forward. It shows how resilient the human spirit is, how unbreakable the will is when pressed with difficult demands, and how triumphant a person can be when tasked with the seemingly impossible. "Every day is a challenge," Travis says, "but every challenge can be overcome. Im not wounded anymore. If youre wounded, then youre still focused on your injury. Im just a man with scars living life to the fullest and best I know how.""--
_cProvided by publisher.
600 1 0 _Mills, Travis
610 1 0 _aUnited States
_bArmy
610 1 0 _bAirborne Division, 82nd
650 0 _aAfghan War, 2001-
_vPersonal narratives, American
650 0 _aDisabled veterans
_zUnited States
650 0 _vBiography
650 0 _aAmputees
_zUnited States
650 0 _vBiography
650 0 _aSoldiers
_zUnited States
650 0 _vBiography
655 7 _aAutobiographies
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700 1 _aBrotherton, Marcus
_eco-author
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
776 0 8 _aMills, Travis.
_tTough as they come.
776 0 8 _dNew York : Convergent Books/The Crown Publishing Group, [2015]
_z1101904798
776 0 8 _w(OCoLC)927160046
999 _c19713
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